Sea Otters Open Mussels on Stone Anvils | Nat Geo Wild

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Sea otters have been using tools for generations-and now archaeologists are probing their secrets.
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Sea otters can eat up to 75 mussels per hour. To crack open hard-shelled prey, the otters smash them on stone anvils. Using archaeology, a new study looks at otter tool use and the debris left behind.
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@NatGeoWild 5 лет назад

Wild sea otters habitually crack open mussels by smashing them on stationary stones, making them one of the few animals that use tools. To learn more, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2FIft2O

@charmell2438 5 лет назад

The one with the rock on his belly got mad skills cracking open all them mussels lol 😂

@LeLe-LeLe 3 года назад

😭

@oneluckygirl3974 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@Me_G. 2 года назад

He/she is obviously lazy and single. Instead of having to swim up to the nearest bank after each salvage to crack open lunch, may as well bring a rock around. 🤭

@TheDude613 2 месяца назад

I can’t even eat a big Mac while driving

@prajaktlade 4 года назад

That one otter who keeps a big rock on his tummy was hilarious😂😂

@gabrielleross5506 5 лет назад

Amazing that it can carry a rock on its tummy and still afloat 😲 they're very smart 👍❤

@NatGeoWild 5 лет назад

Otters are amazing animals! If you'd like to learn more about them, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2FIft2O

@gabrielleross5506 5 лет назад

Thank you so much Nat Geo for the link 👆❤

@Gorpolon 4 года назад

I can carry pebbles while I’m swimming, how is that smart

@gabrielleross5506 4 года назад

@@Gorpolon 😆

@SIMOPARAS 4 года назад

Seems like they got a pretty neat problem solving skills, what they just need

@eubalenaglacialis 5 лет назад

When I grow up I want to be a sea otter

@aidanbarnes4290 4 года назад

Ok to do that you're gonna have to alter your DNA

@kellison1838 4 года назад

You can identify as one now apparently

@lolabolibekova2664 4 года назад

yesssss

@pengenjadiyoutuberdennysw9425 3 года назад

Please evolve

@AzlianaLyana 5 лет назад

Right pawed? Didn't know animals have preference over favored limb sides for interaction. Nice finding. Thanks NG

@sarbansengupta6894 5 лет назад

Me too

@ryancrucena755 3 года назад

Cats are left pawed!!!

@malisamiesudsduds 5 лет назад

The one with the stone on his tummy is a big mood 😂😂😂

@karenyao8773 5 лет назад

They are obviously enjoying the mussles. Smart and cute

@RichterBelmont2235 4 года назад

Wait a few hundred years and they'll know how to make fire. Smart critters!

@beeble2003 3 года назад

Smacking a piece of flint to make sparks, then floating around with a fire on a rock on their belly. "Hey, everyone, who wants grilled mussels?"

@mmatatimaphoto766 3 года назад

Maybe a few thousand years with the help of human science and technology

@aliyuuh8645 5 лет назад

PROTECT OMG THEY LITERALLY THE CUTEST THING

@asthenamesuggests9513 5 лет назад

The way they flop to their back before eating was just 😍😍

@feyaazad2168 5 лет назад

I think they just clap on the riverside asking for more shells

@kristineandersen6762 5 лет назад

They are not river otters, they're sea otters. They are floating in the sea. River otters are almost a different breed.

@beeble2003 3 года назад

@@kristineandersen6762 Not almost. They're literally a separate species. Sea otters are about twice the weight of the largest river otters (up to 65lbs vs about 35lbs for a large river otter).

@itsa-itsagames 2 года назад

that is amazing that it puts the rock on its stomach, then uses it as a mobile tool so it can eat while swimming!

@SakunaSwonaChannel 5 лет назад

75 mussels for hour all day wow👍🏼 carry on

@LusciousTwinkle 3 года назад

My favourite creature ever. I plan to retire to Canada or the US and live out my days watching them.

@yoonrimin8656 4 года назад

Joey could've been like this, out in the wild, someday, had he not lost his mom, but he's doing pretty good now, momma must be so proud 🥺💜🦦

@TheSimpleJoys 5 лет назад

Aww Adorable otters ..so happy to see them in their environment ..thanks for sharing !

@jennieens4450 4 года назад

So smart and very cute to watch .their babies are the cutest 💕

@joeprice9044 4 года назад

I don’t know why we use tables when we can use our tummy’s 😂

@beeble2003 3 года назад

It's not fair. My mum always used to complain if I ate off my belly and tell me off if I threw my trash in the sea...

@cwong5643 4 года назад

This well captured closed up footage of sea otters is an enjoyment to watch. They are smart creatures and super adorable to look at! Love otters! 😍😍😍

@5iveb1 4 года назад

he got a rock on his stomach 😂😂

@aves4081 5 лет назад

Wow never imagined that otters are so smart

@Dinobot2 Год назад

"They can eat up to 75 mussels per hour.' Challenge accepted.

@nimpbl3494 3 года назад

So this is what Obi-Wan was talking about!

@harshalsagar6530 2 года назад

We're looking at sea otters! Six of them here.

@shamasingh7900 4 года назад

Very smart and amazing creatures.

@nard-o 4 года назад

Can you imagine eating mussels at the dinner table with a sea otter?

@LiwaySaGu 4 года назад

hahahaha they'll devour the whole thing before you even start

@naturesoul5 4 года назад

One of the smartest animals...sea otters r as cute as innovative😍

@nataliestaheli51602 9 месяцев назад

Those Otters are too precious!

@shyrinaripin3511 4 года назад

1:18 cutest thing

@dgr8flav 5 лет назад

Otterly fascinating!

@dennowderullow1118 3 года назад

This guys are truly amazing("they have great skills")imagine floating around with a rock stone on its tummy("they deserve to be nevy seal instructors")

@elonwhatever Год назад

Don't google what they do to actual (baby) seals

@jslack8973 4 года назад

I just feel like sea otters are humanized when they bang on stuff lol

@juneclark4267 3 года назад

I love sea otters. Such cute little things

@animhaxx 3 года назад

Dude literally took the rcok with him😂

@djtmh 5 лет назад

Omg that one put the rock on belly so cute hahahha

@bobsmith-ov3kn 3 года назад

I like how you felt you needed to put text on the screen explaining to us humans why the otter is doing what it's doing. Yea, a lot of people probably aren't as smart as an otter now that I think about it

@californiawildlife3332 4 года назад

Amazing how they know how to use tool.

@mcjancadapan2549 3 года назад

Heaven's design team brought me here😁. Nice anime

@Zahri8Alang 5 лет назад

I'm not sure about sea otters, but the swamp otters that occasionally pass by my house during the night have a deceptively squeaky noises. At first, I thought it was a baby bird that fell from the nest or something, until my dad corrected me. How come in videos(RU-vid), I barely ever heard they make vocal noises?

@elysiumjimenez 4 года назад

Petition to change the name of otters to Water Doggos

@Tropixalmoon Год назад

I did the same thing otters did at the pool, good thing no one was watching.

@LR-yu3mx 3 года назад

I saw one at Jeffreys Bay mid December....running out of the water to catch something on the beach...could be a bird. I was shocked..it looked like a pitch black leopard to me. "How can a 4 legged animal roun out on the beach and then go back into the water? And for a long time he was swimming just near the guys with their surf boards. I saw his black head for quit some time. I did not really see webbed feet. It had longer legs than I could imagine..and the tail was not obviously thick. I looked up photos..but they all look fatter..light colour heads...thicher tails..shorter legs. I could not believe my eyes!! Tried to take a photo but was too late..and in the water.the head did not show up clearly

@m.mirasol 3 года назад

Came here from Heaven's Design Team because of how they talked about otters. 😍 🥰

@ShiroKage-h8v 3 года назад

Lol, that anime have straight up facts

@muhammadmirza4547 3 года назад

Kawaii

@0tterAlt 3 года назад

Otters are superior

@AaronTheAnimal 5 лет назад

You could say that he cracked open a brew with the bois

@rachs57 4 года назад

Absolutely amazing....thank you.

@chance8139 4 года назад

WoW!! Sea otters are so smart.

@andae0699 5 лет назад

They're endangered? 💔

@goodolrainbowpet 3 года назад

kindof... they are listed as threatened due to getting caught in nets, reduction of food supplies and oil spills

@andae0699 3 года назад

@@goodolrainbowpet aww that's awful

@goodolrainbowpet 3 года назад

@@andae0699 well i have better news for you... with the increase demand for mussels more humans will try to farm grow them which will allow the populations in nature to boom... oil companies can be held accountable for their spills by use of market forces (essentially we dont buy oil or gas anymore or refuse to buy gas from companjes that get their fuel from certain companies)... although we cant prevent otters from being caught in nets, proper care can be made to save them and safely return them to the water after the net is pulled up

@marshmoore3394 5 лет назад

So cute

@CharlyBGoode 16 часов назад

As Mike Portnoy once said: this is my dream sea otter.

@shaunkotm 3 года назад

They look saw cute. AWWWW!!! 😍😍😍

@ChoctawNawtic4 5 лет назад

They're like: It's delicious. I can't get enough.

@jennifermiller7813 3 года назад

It has always amazed me how they use rocks and things to help them eat their seafood

@paigemalloy4276 5 месяцев назад

*"Smash! Smash! Smash!"* Looks like a fun way to prep your meal 😂 0:42

@LuzMaria95 4 года назад

I love sea otters 😍🦦

@mark6302 4 года назад

otters are magical

@lindaway5889 3 года назад

Adorable and intelligent!😍

@lisag5670 5 лет назад

Omg These little guys are awesome 👏🏼

@mtloke5732 2 года назад

Their full time job is to eat, sleep and play.

@ヴァリ-z3e 3 года назад

_Using archaeological methods, the team has analyzed shell fragments left behind by otters._ That's the dumbest thing I ever heard, why would you bother? _Breakage patterns on the shells suggest that the otters tend to be right "pawed"_ I TAKE IT BACK THAT'S ADORABLE

@simpsonsquire1997 5 месяцев назад

Ewan what are we looking at he- Ewan McGregor: “WE’RE LOOKING AT SEA OTTERS!”

@DorothyN 5 лет назад

So resourceful and smart!

@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 3 года назад

They look so at peace eating mussels.

@89Abaddon 4 года назад

These otters are so cute.

@아스터-o4e 5 лет назад

they look like little kids that's playing

@kamnapavon4638 2 года назад

"Do YOU, YOU Feel like I do...."

@dellyboot2703 Год назад

Gorgeous!

@evolifesword5972 3 года назад

otterly terrifyingly cute.

@minii7552 2 года назад

🤣 the lazily spinning baby at 2:18 behind it's mum.

@sabrinawanderer7560 4 года назад

They need to teach me this skill when i decide to forsake land...

@kiramman4874 3 года назад

Do you think the otter with the rock on its belly. Lends it other otters?

@angbandsbane 3 года назад

"Sea otters are among the very few marine animals known to use tools." So basically, you're telling me the smart animals are in the air force or army, then?

@beeble2003 3 года назад

Coast Guard, duuuuh. 🤣